Dvd won't play on my computer??  Every other dvd plays.

Got the same movie from library.  two different branches, same movie.   Still doesn't play on my mac.   What is going on?

I found an NTSC to upload,  and now my dvd played normally.   Didn't show up in Applications or Utilities as software.   Problem solved,  hopefully.

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